A Historic Honor for Jeff Ballou

Jeff Ballou ’90 was elected the National Press Club‘s new president, making the Al Jazeera Media Network news editor the first African-American man to hold this title. With his election, Ballou is the 110th president of the organization and the first to represent a TV news outlet from outside of the United States.

As Ballou told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “When people think about Pittsburgh, they think about football, they think about huddles, they think about teamwork, and they think about winning. The National Press Club is a winner, and I want to create an environment where people say to themselves, ‘Being a member is a winning thing.’”

We spoke with Ballou back in 2011 about the work he did covering the Egyptian Revolution. You can read it here.